A speech of a Congress Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Himachal Pradesh is being shared with the false claim that it shows a Nepali Member of Parliament criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the 2.20 minutes clip, a leader can be heard criticising PM Modi on foreign visits, money spent on welcoming former US President Donald Trump, demonetisation, and petrol price hike. The clip is being shared with the caption which when translated reads, “Discussion of Modi ji in Nepal MP. Now some people will be furious that don’t talk on our country. I am ashamed. I am ashamed.”
Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the video is not from Nepal Parliament, but Himachal Pradesh assembly. The man criticising Modi is Congress MLA from Kinnaur, Jagat Singh Negi. AFWA found the same video uploaded on the official Facebook page of Himachal Pradesh Congress unit on March 21. According to the video description, the man seen criticising Modi is Congress MLA Jagat Singh Negi.
The video description in Hindi translates to, “Hear from Kinnaur Congress MLA Jagat Singh Negi about the Prime Minister of the country”. A longer version of the same video uploaded on the YouTube channel of “Hindustan Live”. “Congress MLA Jagat Singh Negi gave a brilliant speech in Himachal Pradesh Vidhan on privatization. Jagat Singh Negi Targeted the Modi government for selling government companies. The Congress MLA opposed privatization in the Modi government,” says the video description.
The same clip was also shared by Negi on his Facebook page on March 18 as a video from the Budget session. Negi is a two-time MLA from Kinnaur and also the former Deputy Speaker of Himachal Pradesh assembly. And also, the same speech by Negi was uploaded by Indian National Congress – Himachal Pradesh on Facebook on March 21, 2021, with the caption, “Listen to Congress MLA Jagat Singh Negi from Kinnaur about the great and successful Prime Minister of the country…”
Hence, it is clear that the video in question is from Himachal Pradesh and has nothing to do with the Nepal Parliament.
